A woman in her 90s with COVID-19 has died, bringing the ACT's death toll to 67.
There were 89 people with COVID-19 in hospital in the 24 hours to Tuesday 8pm.
Of those, no patients are in the ICU and none are on ventilation.
The ACT recorded 821 new COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours until 8pm Tuesday.
Of the new cases, 137 were aged between 50 and 64 years old.
The numbers of people with the flu in Canberra remains high, a report from ACT Health suggests.
Another primary school has sent cohorts into remote learning, while two have extended the measures amid dire teacher shortages in the ACT.
It comes as 474 cases of COVID-19 were reported to 69 public schools in the week ending Sunday, June 5.
Tuesday's new cases by age group
- 0-4 years: 46
- 5-11 years: 59
- 12-17 years: 65
- 18-24 years: 61
- 25-39 years: 251
- 40-49 years: 121
- 50-64 years: 137
- 65+ years: 81
- Total: 821
COVID-19 vaccinations
There has been a slight increase in vaccinations since last week, with 97.3 per cent of territorians over the age of five having received two jabs - an increase of 0.1 percentage point.
- Aged 5-11 years (1 dose): 80.6 per cent
- Aged 5-11 years (2 doses): 68.4 per cent
- Aged 5+ years (2 doses): 97.3 per cent
- Aged 16+ years (3 doses): 76.8 per cent
Around Australia
NSW
- Deaths: 10
- New cases: 7825
- Hospitalisations: 1283
- ICU: 38
- Ventilation: Unknown
Victoria
- Deaths: 25
- New cases: 9519
- Hospitalisations: 522
- ICU: 29
- Ventilation: 8
Queensland
- Deaths: 15
- New cases: 4527
- Hospitalisations: 312
- ICU: 12
- Ventilation: Unknown
South Australia
- TBA
Tasmania
- Deaths: 0
- New cases: 667
- Hospitalisations: 38
- ICU: 0
- Ventilation: Unknown
Western Australia
- Deaths: 8
- New cases: 7720
- Hospitalisations: 283
- ICU: 15
- Ventilation: Unknown
Northern Territory
- Deaths: 0
- New cases: 254
- Hospitalisations: 14
- ICU: 0
- Ventilation: 0
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